Viviparus georgianus

Viviparus georgianus
A shell of Viviparus georgianus

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Family: Viviparidae
Genus: Viviparus
Species:
V. georgianus
Binomial name
Viviparus georgianus
(I. Lea, 1834)[2]
Synonyms

Paludina georgiana (basionym)[2] Callinina georgiana (Lea, 1834)

Viviparus georgianus, common name the banded mystery snail, is a species of large freshwater snail with gills and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.

This snail is native to the southeastern United States. The specific epithet georgianus is a reference to the southern State of Georgia, where the type locality is situated.

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  2. ^ a b Lea I. (1834). Observations on the genus Unio, together with descriptions of new genera and species. Philadelphia, Printed by J. Kay, jun., & co. [etc.], page 228.